Christmas parade season begins Sunday in Trent Woods

A busy Christmas parade season steps off Sunday with a “Patriotic Christmas” in Trent Woods.

Sun Journal Staff

A busy Christmas parade season steps off Sunday with a “Patriotic Christmas” in Trent Woods.

It is slated for 3 p.m. and will honor area military personnel. An estimated 24 World War II veterans will participate as grand marshals, riding in the trolley. Also in the parade will be a number of Korean War and Vietnam veterans. Col. Chris Pappas III, commander of Cherry Point, also will be featured in the parade.

It promises to be a “red, white and blue” parade.

Small American flags will be handed out along the parade route, beginning an hour and a half before the parade.

The lineup begins at 1 p.m. at Bangert Elementary School. Free hot dogs and drinks will be available at the West of New Bern Volunteer Fire Department afterwards.

The Trent Woods holiday continues Dec. 20, with a drive-through live animal Nativity at the fire department. The route continues past Meadows Family Park to wave at Santa and his elves, then along Canterbury, Wedgewood and Windsor drives for the Tree Balls light display.

There also will be a collection point at town hall in conjunction with the Trent Woods Police Department Food Drive.

The annual New Craven County Jaycees Christmas Parade in New Bern is Dec. 7 through downtown, beginning at 3 p.m.

The lineup is at 1 p.m., with representatives from the Craven County Jaycees assigning lineup numbers along Trent Boulevard, from 7th Avenue to Fort Totten Park.

Later in the evening, the 29th Annual Coastal Christmas Flotilla is scheduled along the New Bern waterfront on the Trent and Neuse rivers. It begins at 5 p.m. and continues until about 7:30 p.m.

The 2d MAW Band from Cherry Point will perform at Union Point Park, and Santa will greet the children in Union Point Park afterwards.

The Maysville Christmas Parade is Dec. 7 at 10 a.m., featuring African-American racing legend Eugene Coard of The Mutt Brothers Motorsports, along with their Sox and Martin Pro Stock Duster.

The Mutt Brothers were a group of five friends from Brooklyn, N.Y., who had a love of cars. They advanced from racing on the streets of New York to becoming the first African-Americans to race in the Professional Stock class in the National Hot Rod Association. Eugene Coard is the last Mutt Brother standing.

The Mutt Brothers team, with Ronald Lyles as driver and Eugene Coard as crew chief, became the first and only African-Americans to join the United States Racing Team, which was considered the elite of the top 16 professional stock teams in the country.

Mutt Brothers souvenir books and racing T-shirts will be available, with a book-signing at the New Hope Church, 504 Main St., Maysville.

The Cove City Christmas Parade is a Sunday afternoon event on Dec. 8 at 3 p.m.

An open house for the Cove City-Craven County Public Library is slated after the parade. Call 638-6363.

The Pamlico County Christmas Parade goes through downtown Bayboro on Dec. 21. It begins at 4 p.m. along N.C. 55. A rate date is Dec. 22.

The parade will be judged based on a variety of categories — Religious, Youth, Commercial, Walking, Government, Non-Profit and Emergency Vehicle.

This year’s parade theme is “Christmas Bells.”

Call the Pamlico County Parks and Recreation Department at 252-745-4240. Entry deadline is Friday.

The 43rd annual Havelock Christmas Parade is Dec. 14, beginning at 2:30 p.m. The deadline for applications for participants is Dec. 6. Entries will be judged on creativity and theme, with awards for first through fourth place.

The parade theme this year is “A Parade of Trees,” with applicants encouraged to show their culture through a creative tree.

Call the Havelock Parks and Recreation Department at 444-6429 for information.

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